[An aphasic reader].
Nonsemantic reading is the capacity to read without understanding by impairment of the lexical-semantic pathway. We report the case of a female steno secretary with nonsemantic reading capacity associated with severe aphasia caused by a left hemisphere ischemic stroke in Broca's area. Arguments in favor of a right hemisphere contribution to the reading ability are presented.
Thery-Langlois
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Service de neurologie, hôpital Charles-Nicolle, centre hospitalier universitaire de Rouen, 1, rue de Germont, 76031 Rouen, France.
Amossé
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C
Lefaucheur
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R
Bioux
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S
Gérardin
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E
Hannequin
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D
Martinaud
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O
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001039:Aphasia, Broca / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006236:Handwriting; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D011932:Reading; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology